Dramatic EssaysJ.M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1912 - 299 sivua |
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... performed in 1671 ; many years later — in 1698 — he was severely taken to task for the offences of his comedies in the Rev. Jeremy Collier's " Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage . ' It will be seen that at ...
... performed in 1671 ; many years later — in 1698 — he was severely taken to task for the offences of his comedies in the Rev. Jeremy Collier's " Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage . ' It will be seen that at ...
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... perform for him . So in their love- scenes , of which Eugenius spoke last , the ancients were more hearty , were more talkative : they writ love as it was then the mode to make it ; and I will grant thus much to Eugenius , that perhaps ...
... perform for him . So in their love- scenes , of which Eugenius spoke last , the ancients were more hearty , were more talkative : they writ love as it was then the mode to make it ; and I will grant thus much to Eugenius , that perhaps ...
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... a Roman gladiator could naturally perform on the stage , when he did not imitate or represent , but do it ; and therefore it is better to omit the representation of it . " The words of a good writer , which describe 28 Dryden's Essays.
... a Roman gladiator could naturally perform on the stage , when he did not imitate or represent , but do it ; and therefore it is better to omit the representation of it . " The words of a good writer , which describe 28 Dryden's Essays.
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... performed what was possible on the ground - work of the Spanish plays ; what was pleasant before , they have made regular : but there is not above one good play to be writ on all those plots ; they are too much alike to please often ...
... performed what was possible on the ground - work of the Spanish plays ; what was pleasant before , they have made regular : but there is not above one good play to be writ on all those plots ; they are too much alike to please often ...
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John Dryden. I shall draw some envy on myself . Besides , in performing them , it will be first necessary to speak somewhat of Shakspeare and Fletcher , his rivals in poesy ; and one of them , in my opinion , at least his equal , perhaps ...
John Dryden. I shall draw some envy on myself . Besides , in performing them , it will be first necessary to speak somewhat of Shakspeare and Fletcher , his rivals in poesy ; and one of them , in my opinion , at least his equal , perhaps ...
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